I was accidentally injured by God and I just want to be an ordinary person

After a while, Sadler arrived at the middle of Ella's team.

"Ms. Ella."

"What's the matter, Lord Sadler?"

Although he had already seen Sadler greeting the adventurers one by one, he couldn't just say something like "Don't ask me, I'm fine" which would seem to reassure the other party but would actually make both parties feel awkward.

Sadler glanced around at Ella's team.

"Miss Ella brought a lot more people than planned. Did she bring the maids as well?"

He had originally agreed with Sadler that only two people would be sent, but now that all members of the Branch of Disaster were dispatched together, it seemed that there were many more people than expected.

Ella responded to Sadler with a smile.

"These are my companions, all very capable people. Lord Sadler can rest assured. And didn't I tell Lord Sadler back then? There will actually be more people."

"Haha, I don't doubt Ms. Ella's intentions. And since even Ms. Ella, who's only level 20, says you're very capable, I have no reason to refuse."

Although this matter is somewhat confidential and the fewer outsiders the better, in fact, with nearly a thousand people mobilized, it is almost a matter of time before the news leaks. Rather than driving away a group of powerful people and offending Ella, it is better to choose to trust the other party and let them help themselves. Sadler, who has investigated Ella's character, has no worries.

Switching the mithril staff from his left hand to his right, Sadler continued to ask questions.

"But didn't Miss Ella bring Priest Lucia with her?"

"Lucia? Hmm... She's a priestess of the Enstanet Church. Wouldn't it be troublesome if she were to act with Lord Sadler?"

Having said that, the actual reason why he didn't let Lucia come was simply that Lucia was not suitable for fighting. The reason why he explained this to Sadler was entirely out of consideration for not wanting the other party to target Lucia. After all, in Sadler's eyes, Lucia was probably a very reliable healer - a healer with a level above 16, which was a very important type in the Papal States.

Ella's words hit Sadler's sore spot, and he touched his nose awkwardly.

"That's right, I forgot that Priest Lucia belongs to the Church of Enstarnit."

"Lord Sadler is so busy, it's understandable that he would forget."

Although she was constantly blushing inwardly, Ella maintained a smile on the surface.

The conversation fell into a brief silence, and ending it like that would have seemed too purposeful, so Sadler brought up the topic again.

"What kind of magic is Miss Ella good at?"

"Me? I only know support and restriction magic. I'm not very good at offensive magic."

"Support and restriction magic? Could it be that Miss Ella is a priestess? While the clothes she wears aren't standard priest uniforms, there's no doubt that she has a sacred aura..."

"I'm just an ordinary healer, you know? I feel more like a magic caster."

Considering that admitting she was a priest here would embarrass Sadler, Ella lied a little. However, according to the standards of this world, she was indeed closer to a magic caster - possessing a large amount of offensive magic and a small amount of auxiliary magic.

"I see... Could I ask what level of strength your partner, Ms. Ella, possesses?"

"Of course it's no problem, they are all-"

"Lord Sadler, there's something going on up ahead."

Just as Ella was about to tell Sadler, a scout wearing leather armor hurried to Sadler's side.

Chapter 73: Encounter

"Lord Sadler, there's something going on up ahead."

Sadler couldn't help but frown at the scout's words. They had only reached the seventh floor underground, so it was impossible for them to encounter powerful monsters. Moreover, even if there were some ignorant low-level monsters attacking, the soldiers in front would go forward to clear them out, and there would be no reason for them to report to him. So there were only two possibilities. The first was that the scout was a new guy with poor judgment of intelligence, and the second was that an unexpected and difficult situation had indeed arisen.

"explain."

As if assessing the situation, the scout raised his eyes, glanced around, hesitated for a moment, and quickly informed everyone of the situation.

"It's a team led by a Death Knight. There are ten Death Knights, and the rest of the team, including skeletons, zombies, and ghosts, totals nearly a hundred."

"What? This scale right from the start? Have we been discovered? What kind of terrain is ahead?"

Although most places in the underground tower are corridors that can only accommodate a few people, there are sometimes vast spaces like the beehive on the fifth floor or the bandit village on the fifteenth floor. In such group battles, choosing the battle venue is extremely important.

"Your Excellency, it's a large hall. I've checked the map and it's an important thoroughfare that can't be avoided."

"It's impossible to avoid it, and it's a plain-like area... Setting an ambush in a place like this, someone must be controlling these undead. The soldiers are holding back the ordinary undead, and the adventurers and I will deal with the Death Knights. We'll come to support you after we drive them away."

"yes!"

The scout clasped his hands together, saluted, and hurried away.

Then Sadler turned his attention to Ella and her group who had stopped beside him - to be more precise, the Mithril and Platinum-level adventurers. Death Knights are usually powerful undead of level 15-25. It would cost a lot for the soldiers he brought with him to deal with them, so they could only be handed over to adventurers with a certain level of strength.

There were twelve adventure groups in total. Excluding the Orichalcum-level adventurers mentioned earlier—now was not the time to send out the Orichalcum-level adventurers—the Mithril-level and Platinum-level adventurers Sadler saw totaled nearly a hundred people. Judging from the situation where one team could deal with a single Grim Reaper, the Mithril-level would probably be no problem, but the Platinum-level might struggle and even be slaughtered. Enduring such casualties, Sadler took a deep breath and looked solemn.

"Miss Ella, could you and your companions please restrain one of them? As for the other adventurers, I will notify them one by one."

"Of course, that's what we should do."

In terms of the strength of his group, even if he was the least capable of fighting, he could face about three Death Knights alone. If he didn't consider the possibility of being hit by the enemy, while wearing the "Healing Miracle", it would not be difficult for him to wipe out all ten Death Knights alone. And if he used the Fire Arrow right from the start, with the power of the fourth-level magic, it would not be impossible to take care of them all with one skill. Just like when he dealt with those guards in the basement of Marquis Sepro's house, he used the strengthened "ice balls" to form a wall and smashed it down on the target, and the magic power consumed was so little that it could be completely ignored.

Considering that Angelique is a person who can't sit still, she might go somewhere else to support others after dealing with the Death Knight. Ella called out to Sadler, who was about to leave with a grim face.

"By the way, Lord Sadler, can we go support the others after we take care of the Death Knight?"

"Support?"

Ella's words made Sadler look incredulous, as if he had witnessed something utterly absurd.

"Ms. Ella, I know you're a high-ranking Orichalcum-class adventurer, but you're a healer who's not good at offensive magic. There's no way you can provide support—"

Realizing that his words were too harsh, Sadler paused for a moment, retracting the eagerness that had been revealed due to his excitement.

"I understand your compassion as a healer, Miss Ella, but even so, you must consider your own strength. This applies even if you have companions to support you. Miss Ella, all you need to do is use your restraint magic to hold the Death Knight in check. The other adventurers and I will come to assist you once we've dealt with them."

"Eh? Is that so? Then my friends and I will see how the situation plays out."

"That would be great."

After saying this, Sadler quickly walked towards the other adventurers.

Looking at Sadler's back, Ella couldn't help but open the "Terrain Search" to confirm the level of the Death Knight. Although she wanted to ask something like "Could it be that the Death Knight here is different from what I know, and is it a powerful monster?", if the fact was true, she would inevitably fall into the embarrassing situation of ignorance, so she responded to Sadler with a vague answer.

However, it was obvious that the Death Knights displayed on the "Terrain Search" were the same as his own understanding, undead beings similar to the Grim Reaper, with a general level of around level 16, and the highest one was level 19, which was not a very strong type.

"Princess... Lady Ella, what are you going to do?"

Camisia, who had been listening beside Ella, took a step forward, her crimson twintails swaying from side to side.

"Hmm...disrupting Sadler's plans might cause trouble, so let's go find a Death Knight first. Let's choose the level 19, strongest Death Knight."

Thinking that Sadler looked so nervous might be because the Death Knight had some tricky skills that had nothing to do with level, Ella temporarily chose only one as a test. If she found it easy to deal with after the test, she would quickly get rid of it and support the others. After all, according to the "Terrain Search", the several Iron-level adventurers in the team were less than level ten. With their strength, it would be almost impossible for them to deal with the Death Knight, who was known for his high armor and magic resistance in their cognition. There was no chance of even restraining him.

Not only that, even the ordinary soldiers brought by Sadler were in a difficult situation. Although the soldiers had a numerical advantage - there were nearly two hundred soldiers, while there were less than a hundred ordinary undead - the gap in racial characteristics and average levels was extremely obvious. The undead without wisdom were not afraid of death, and if they were not dismembered to the point of being unable to move, they could still move even if their heads were chopped off. In addition, the average level of the undead was 11, while the ordinary soldiers were less than 9. It was impossible to say that they were evenly matched. If the soldiers wanted to win, there was no way they could do it without paying a huge price.

After thoroughly comparing the strength of both sides, Ella suddenly understood one thing and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"So Sadler had no idea of ​​the strength of the guy hiding underground..."

Chapter 74: Stalemate

After realizing that Sadler had no idea about the strength of the guy underground, Ella began to expand the "Terrain Search" underground. Although she had many opportunities to investigate something underground before, she had to put it aside every time because she either forgot or was interrupted by other things. Therefore, she only used the "Terrain Search" to explore until now.

But naturally, since the current level is too low, the "terrain search" no longer displays when it goes deep into the 25th floor. I can only see that all the undead creatures underground are beginning to move underground, which feels a bit like shrinking the front line. However, this makes me feel strange. If those undead creatures are allowed to emerge from the ground, the military force of the city of Semirabi alone will not be able to put up an effective resistance, so shrinking the front line is completely unnecessary.

"Perhaps he has other considerations, like no intention of attacking humans at all. Otherwise, hiding underground would be a bit strange. So, Sadler is the villain... deliberately causing trouble for others or something."

Thinking of this, Ella couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Adventurer, we need your support ahead."

A man dressed as an ordinary soldier hurried up to Ella. Although soldiers generally have a higher status than adventurers, Ella and her group were dressed so much like nobles that they used this honorific address.

"Okay, I understand. I'll go now."

After waving to the soldier to indicate that she understood, Ella turned her head and focused her gaze on her companion.

"Then I'll go ahead and help Sadler and the others."

"What level of opponent?"

Because she had only followed Ella into the underground tower to kill time, Iris seemed to be intrigued. However, Ella knew very well that in order to pique Iris's interest in a battle, the opponent had to be a tough monster of at least level 30. As for these Death Knights, the highest of whom was only level 19, Iris would probably refuse with the reason that "weak enemies are simply not exciting." Therefore, Ella turned her gaze to the easy-going Angelini and told Iris the truth.

"It's just a level 19 Death Knight. Angelique can come with me."

"Really? Then I'll leave it to Ella-chan. If it's not for leveling up, it's really boring to be an opponent with a character like this."

"I knew Iris would say that. Lotte and Camisia, please stay here."

"Okay, Miss Ella."

"Yes."

After confirming that the two nodded, Ella tilted her head and glanced at Fukagan, who hadn't said much.

"Where's Fukagan? It's okay if you can come along, right?"

"If you just don't want to ignore me, then you should go by yourself."

“…Ahahaha.”

Feeling her inner thoughts being touched by Shen Gan, Ella turned her eyes away in embarrassment.

"Then Angelini and I will go together."

"Yes, I also want to try out the new magic that Teacher Camisia taught me yesterday."

As if recalling the feeling of casting a skill, Angelini took out a golden-pink sickle from the storage item and waved it gently.

"We'll talk about that later. Now let's go deal with the Death Knights. Things are looking a bit bad on the front lines."

"Little Ella is still as predictable as ever."

"It's detection magic."

Explaining something insignificant, Ella pulled Angelina's sleeve and hurried to the hall ahead where the battle was taking place.

……

This was a vast space that was as large as two football fields combined. The entire hall, including the ceiling, was covered with exposed gray rocks. The ground was full of potholes and protrusions. If one did not pay attention to one's step while walking, one would surely fall down in a short while. However, as if to show this unbearable situation to the extreme, the entire space was incredibly dark. Only the torches held by the soldiers and a few light stones emitting a pale yellow glow could illuminate the surroundings.

Like a ferocious beast that chooses its prey.

"Damn it, Lord Sadler, are you really not going to let us take action?"

Looking at the one-sided situation of the army in front, Dain turned his head anxiously to look at Sadler.

He was the leader of this team of Orichalcum-level adventurers. He had received a mission with a huge reward from Sadler a month ago. Considering that his team had just been promoted from Mithril to Orichalcum level, the whole team needed a large amount of gold coins to replace equipment, so he agreed to Sadler's bounty.

Judging from the information provided by Sadler this time, the other party is a challenging opponent, but for me who just came back from the Eastern Demon Territory, this is nothing - the monsters in the natural maze of the Eastern Demon Territory are much stronger than those in the underground tower. The difficulty level can be easily compared between the two.

However, the reality was completely different from what he had imagined. He had just entered the underground tower when he encountered an army of undead led by ten death knights. You know, from the adventurer's perspective, this level can be regarded as an orichalcum-level mission. Even his group needed to spend a lot of energy to deal with it, not to mention these mithril-level and galvanized iron-level adventurers or even ordinary soldiers in front of him. It would not be an exaggeration to say that this was a massacre - the evidence was the screams of the soldiers that kept ringing in his ears.

"Sir Dyne, you and your companions must ensure you have sufficient energy before engaging that guy underground. If you reveal your strength now, it could cause immeasurable damage later."

Although it sounded very cruel, Dain could still see the heavy and reluctant look in Sadler's eyes - if not, Dain might have turned around and walked away regardless of the contract. Although in the eyes of most people, adventurers are all profit-seeking villains, he and his partners are not that type, otherwise they would not have been able to achieve the seventh place ranking in the maze event held by the Eastern Demon Clan last year.

Dyne's brows knitted together.

"But, now your soldiers have already—"

"Don't worry, Lord Dyne. This time, our team includes twenty level 10 priests. As long as they work together properly, the soldiers' lives will be safe. Furthermore, the Mithril-ranked adventurers from the rear will arrive soon. Once they appear, the tide of battle will surely turn."

In order to calm Dain's anxious mood, Sadler continued to add.

"I think this must be the strongest force in the hands of that guy underground. If we can defeat them here, we can advance directly and face the main commander directly."

"Yes, Captain. No matter what, it's impossible for them to summon ten Death Knights and still have the energy to summon other powerful Undead. The only person I know who can do that is Yami-sama of the Elf Clan. And Yami-sama is a powerful being who has reached the Heroic Realm. That guy underground is already very strong at level 35."

The person who answered was a tall human male holding two short axes. Just from his exposed thick arms, it was not difficult to imagine that if the silver wolf was hit by the metal short axes in his hands, it would probably be cut in two.

The soldier's words made Dain take a deep breath. This soldier was the strongest fighter in his team. As long as he served as the vanguard, he and his group would not have to worry about being attacked from the front.

"However, the premise is that these soldiers can hold out until we reach the depths of the underground. As an Orichalcum-ranked soldier, you watched your companions die. Lord Sadler, please allow me to provide some assistance."

"Well... since Lord Dyne insists, let me do it."

Sighing helplessly, Sadler raised the mithril staff, moved his lips, and began to chant magic.

Feeling the fluctuations of magic power from Sadler, Dain's originally heavy expression quickly became serious. As a magic chanter, he was very familiar with the magic that Sadler chanted.